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Subject: [Leica] Totally OT: Canadian ice wine
From: kargue at sympatico.ca (Kevin Argue)
Date: Sun Oct 30 18:48:01 2005
References: <E1EVb3e-0003tJ-00@app2.nasc.inter.net> <4362FA3B.70309@planet.nl>

-10degrees celsius for 24 hours does the trick-- KA
On 29-Oct-05, at 12:27 AM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:

> Ice wine is made by leaving the grapes on the vine until winter. In  
> Germany they are usually picked in January. The great risk is that  
> if frost does not arrive, then the grapes will just rot on the vine  
> and be useless. From that point of view, Canadian climate is much  
> more reliable :-)
>
> Nathan
>
> mcintyre@ca.inter.net wrote:
>
>
>> When it snows 10 months of the year (OK, maybe 6...) things like  
>> icewine seem a natural
>> solution. Unless of course, you live in lotus land (Canuck speak  
>> for British Columbtia) basking in
>> semitropical weather. But I noticed they weren't serving ice-wine  
>> at the Senator's hockey game last
>> night. Maybe somethings just don't mix well.
>> But seriously, it is good. Apparently not easy to make either. I  
>> think there is a very
>> narrow temperture band for freezing the grapes just right.  jm
>>
>>> Since this is a list of ladies and gentlemen with discerning  
>>> tastes in booze, and since we have a fair number of Canadian  
>>> patriots, I thought this might be of interest. Recently a friend  
>>> brought us a bottle of ice wine from Canada (Niagara). Now, I  
>>> have had Ch. d'Yquem, and various other sweet wines (including  
>>> Eiswein from the Mosel valley), but this wine was simply  
>>> fantastic. It is not cheap, but then again, no proper ice wine is  
>>> cheap. Have a look here, order a bottle or two, and enjoy:
>>> http://www.lakeviewcellars.ca/2001VidalIcewine.html
>>>
>>> Nathan
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>>> Nathan Wajsman
>>> Almere, The Netherlands
>>>
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> -- 
> Nathan Wajsman
> Almere, The Netherlands
>
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> Seville photography: http://www.fotosevilla.com
> Stock photography: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman
> http://myloupe.com/home/found_photographer.php?photographer=507
> Prints for sale: http://www.photodeluge.com
>
>
>
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